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Mass poisonings in a small town in Hungary

When a midwife in Nagyrév started doling out arsenic in 1911, dozens more women followed suit, until the death toll became impossible to ignore

11 March 2023

9:00 AM

11 March 2023

9:00 AM

The Angel Makers Patti McCracken

Mudlark, pp.432, 16.99

There is a small town in Hungary called Nagyrév. With a population of 800, it seems unlikely to make the news. But a century ago it turned out to be the centre of a murder ring, and suddenly it became the focus of news-paper reports across the world. The unlikely setting made the story.

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